Miniature rose plant named ‘Poulpah067’

ABSTRACT

A new miniature rose plant that has abundant, yellow-orange blend flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Botanical designation: Rosa hybrid.

Variety denomination: ‘Poulpah067’.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety ofminiature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing betweenthe female seed parent, an unnamed seedling, and the male pollen parent,also an unnamed seedling.

The two parents were crossed during the summer of 2007 and the resultingseeds were planted in a controlled environment in Fredensborg, Denmark.The new variety, named ‘Poulpah067’, originated as a single seedlingfrom the stated cross.

The new variety may be distinguished from its male pollen parent andfemale seed parent primarily by flower coloration and growth habit. Thefemale seed parent is 20 cm in height while the claimed plant is 35 cmin height. The male pollen parent has a general tonality of flower colorwhich is Orange 27 A while the claimed plant is Yellow-Orange Group 16A.

The objective of the hybridization of this rose variety for commercialculture was to create a new and distinct variety with unique qualities,such as:

-   -   1. Uniform and abundant yellow-orange blend flowers;    -   2. Vigorous and compact growth;    -   3. Year-round flowering under glasshouse conditions;    -   4. Suitability for production from softwood cuttings in pots;    -   5. Durable flowers and foliage which make a variety suitable for        distribution in the floral industry.

This combination of qualities is not present in previously availablecommercial cultivars of this type, known to the inventor, anddistinguish ‘Poulpah067’ from all other varieties of which we are aware.

As part of the rose development program, Mogens N. Olesen germinated theseeds from the aforementioned hybridization and conducted evaluations onthe resulting seedlings in a controlled environment in Fredensborg,Denmark. ‘Poulpah067’ was selected by the inventor as a single plantfrom the progeny of the hybridization in 2007.

Asexual reproduction of ‘Poulpah067’ by cuttings was first done byMogens N. Olesen in the nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in 2008. Thisinitial and other subsequent propagations conducted in controlledenvironments have demonstrated that the characteristics of ‘Poulpah067’are true to type and are transmitted from one generation to the next.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The accompanying color illustrations show as true as is reasonablypossible to obtain in color photographs of this type, the typicalcharacteristics of the buds, flowers, leaves, and stems, of‘Poulpah067’.

Specifically illustrated in FIG. 1 are flowers at various stages ofdevelopment, flower petals, and flowers in parts.

Illustrated in FIG. 2 are leaves, and stems.

Illustrated plants are 5 months of age.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

The following is a description of ‘Poulpah067’, as observed in itsgrowth in glasshouses in Fredensborg, Denmark. Observed plants are 5months of age and were cultivated in 20 cm pots. Color references aremade using The Royal Horticultural Society (London, England) ColourChart, 2001, except where common terms of color are used.

For a comparison, several physical characteristics of the rose variety‘Poulymp’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 16,744 are compared to ‘Poulpah067’ inChart 1.

CHART 1 ‘Poulpah067’ ‘Poulymp’ Petalage: 62 petals total, 12 of 25-30petals under which are petaloids normal conditions with 2-3 petaloidsFlower Diameter: 70 to 80 mm 60-70 mm General Tonality Yellow-OrangeBlend Yellow-Orange of Flower Color: Group 16A Group 20B, Orange Group24C, and Yellow-Orange Group 21C

FLOWER AND FLOWER BUD

-   Blooming habit: Continuous.-   Flower bud:    -   -   Size.—Upon opening, 20 mm in length from base of receptacle            to end of bud. 12 mm in diameter.        -   Bud form.—Ovate.        -   Bud color.—As sepals unfold, petals are Orange-Red Group            31A.        -   Sepals.—Upper Surface: Color: Yellow-Green Group 147B.            Texture: Smooth, moderately pubescent. Lower Surface: Color:            Yellow-Green Group 146B. Texture: Smooth. Shape: Apex:            Cirrhose. Base: Flat at union with receptacle. Margins:            Margins have weak foliaceous appendages on three of the five            sepals. Size: 27 mm long by 7 mm wide.        -   Receptacle.—Surface Texture: Smooth. Shape: Campanulate.            Size: 5 mm tall and 7 mm wide. Color: Yellow Green Group            144A.        -   Pedicel.—Surface: Smooth. Length: 30 to 65 mm. Diameter:            Generally 2 to 3 mm. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A.            Strength: Medium strength.        -   Peduncle.—Length: 6.5 to 14 cm. Diameter: 2 to 3 mm. Color:            Yellow-Green Group 144A.        -   Borne.—In corymb form, clustered in groups of 5 to 7 on            average.-   Flower bloom:    -   -   Fragrance.—None.        -   Duration.—As a pot plant, flowers last up to 28 days.        -   Size.—Flower diameter is 70 to 80 mm when open. Flower depth            is 30 mm.        -   Form.—General shape is a very double rosette, with slightly            overlapping petals of different sizes.        -   Shape of flower, side view.—The upper portion is a flattened            convex. The lower portion is a flattened concave.-   Petalage: Under normal conditions, flowers have 62 petals total, 12    of which are petaloids.-   Color:    -   -   General tonality.—On open flower Yellow-Orange Group 16A.        -   Upon opening, petals.—Outermost and innermost petals are            Yellow-Orange Group 18A on the upper surface. Yellow-Orange            Group 19A on the lower surface. No distinctive coloration at            the petal base observed.        -   After opening, petals.—Outermost and innermost petals are            Yellow-Orange Group 18A on the upper surface. Yellow-Orange            Group 19A on the lower surface. No distinctive coloration at            the petal base observed.-   Petals:    -   -   Petal reflex.—Moderate.        -   Margin.—Entire with weak undulations.        -   Shape.—Generally broad and elliptic and narrow elliptic.            Apex shape: Rounded. Base shape: Acute.        -   Size.—35 mm (l) by 40 mm (w).        -   Texture.—Slight texture.        -   Thickness.—Average.-   Petaloids:    -   -   Quantity.—12 on average.        -   Shape.—Irregular, and asymmetric. The apex is rounded and            base is acute.        -   Color.—Yellow-Orange Group 18A on the upper surface.            Yellow-Orange Group 19A on the lower surface.        -   Size.—15 mm (l) by 8 mm (w).-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Pollen.—None Observed.        -   Anthers.—Size: 1 mm long. Color: Brown Group 200D. Quantity:            100 on average.        -   Filaments.—Color: Yellow Group 9C. Length: About 5 mm.        -   Pistils.—Length: About 3 mm long. Quantity: 90 on average.        -   Stigmas.—Inferior relative to the length of the filaments            and the height of the anthers. Color: Yellow-Orange Group            23A.        -   Styles.—Color: Yellow Group 8A.        -   Seed formation.—Not observed.

PLANT

-   Plant growth: Upright. Plants are 35 cm in height, and 30 cm wide.-   Stems:    -   -   Color.—Juvenile growth: Yellow-Green Group 144D. Mature            growth: Yellow-Green Group 144A.        -   Length.—Canes are 30 cm from the base of the plant to the            flowering portion.        -   Diameter.—About 4 mm.        -   Internodes.—On mature canes, there is an average distance of            28 mm between nodes.        -   Surface texture.—Young and mature wood is smooth.-   Prickles: None observed.-   Plant foliage:    -   -   Compound leaf size.—115 mm (l) by 75 mm (w) on average.        -   Quantity.—3 to 4 leaves per 10 cm of stem.        -   Leaf bearing angle to stem.—60 degrees.        -   Color of juvenile foliage.—Upper Leaf Surface: Yellow-Green            Group 147A. Lower Leaf Surface: Green Group 138B.            Anthocyanin: Greyed-Purple Group at the margins.        -   Color of mature foliage.—Upper Leaf Surface: Yellow-Green            Group 147A. Lower Leaf Surface: Green Group 138D.-   Plant leaves and leaflets:    -   -   Stipules.—Size: About 7 mm in length. Shape: Linear,            slightly broad based with outward extending apecies.            Margins: Entire. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144B.        -   Petiole.—Length: 13 mm on average. Diameter: About 1 mm.            Upper surface: Yellow-Green Group 144B. Lower surface:            Yellow-Green Group 144B.        -   Rachis.—Length: 15 mm on average. Diameter: About 1 mm.            Upper surface: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Lower surface:            Yellow-Green Group 144B.        -   Leaflet.—Number of leaflets: On normal leaves in middle of            the stem there are 5 leaflets. Occasionally 3 and 7            leaflets. Size: 45 mm in length by 34 mm wide. Margin:            Serrate. General Shape: Ovate. Apex Shape: Acute. Base            Shape: Round. Texture: Smooth. Arrangement: Odd pinnate.            Venation: Reticulate. Leaf Gloss: Moderately glossy.-   Cold hardiness: The variety is tolerant to USDA Cold Hardiness Zone    6.-   Heat tolerance: The variety has been found to be suitable for    climate conditions found in the American Horticulture Society heat    zone 7.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant ofthe miniature class named ‘Poulpah067’, substantially as illustrated anddescribed herein, due to its abundant, yellow-orange blend flowers,vigorous growth, compact habit, suitability for production from softwoodcuttings in pots, and durable flowers and foliage that make the varietysuitable for distribution in the floral industry.